Prenatal diagnosis of laryngeal atresia

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1990 Nov;163(5 Pt 1):1456-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(90)90605-7.

Abstract

In a patient in whom preeclampsia developed at 23 weeks' gestation, ultrasonographic examination of the fetus showed enlarged edematous lungs, a compressed fetal heart, severe ascites, fetal hydrops, and placental edema. Autopsy of the hydropic stillborn infant showed laryngeal atresia. The ultrasonographic appearance of this rare malformation is presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrops Fetalis / diagnostic imaging
  • Larynx / abnormalities*
  • Larynx / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / abnormalities
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal*